2. The Shakers
• The Shakers were one of the first groups
to practice gender equality.
• They were a celibate evangelical group
founded in America in 1774.
• In Shaker society, a woman did not have
to be controlled or otherwise owned by
any man.
3. Timeline of Women’s Rights
• The first gathering devoted to women’s rights
in the United States was held July 19–20,
1848, in Seneca Falls, New York.
• Susan B. Anthony forms Equal Rights
Association, working for universal suffrage in
1867
• On July 4, 1876 in Philadelphia, Susan B.
Anthony reads The Decleration for the Rights
of women from a podium in front of the
Liberty Bell. Later the Suffragists meet in the
historic First Unitarian Church.
4. Continued…
• Woman suffrage amendment first
introduced in US Congress in 1878.
• Idaho is first state to grant Women’s
suffrage in 1896.
• The Nineteenth Amendment, allowing
women the right to vote, is ratified by
Tennessee on August 18, 1920. It
becomes law on August 26.
5. Equality Still An Issue
• Workplace
-In 2011 women made
77cents for every
Dollar a man made, a
gender wage gap of
23%.
-Concentrated in three
fields of work.
Education and Health
services, trade,
transportation and
utilities, and local
government.
-Women in leadership positions: In 2009 only
24% of CEO’s in the United States were
women and earned 74.5% as much as their
male counterparts in the same field.
6. Equality Still an Issue
•
Politics
-Few women run for office due to
•
Political Parties tend to be
unsupportive to female
candidates
•
Voters are more judgmental
of a female candidate due to
Gender Stereotyping that
exists
•
Money is harder to raise
during a campaign then it is
for men most often
-Women only make up 17% of
Congress, but 51% of the
national population
7. Equality Still An Issue
•
•
•
Traditional roles are still expected
of most women; leaving most of
homemaking and childrearing to
women
Women engage in 2 times the
amount of daily chores then men
do
This is still often seen today with
little change taking place to the
“traditional role” mentality
8. How to Improve Equality
• Men and women should be offered equal
opportunities in the following:
• Workplace
• Wages
• Position of work
• Males and females have different
personalities and have a different way of
doing things, but this is no reason to treat
one different from the other.
9. How to Improve Equality
• Rules and policies also need to be
enforced to ensure gender equality.
• Guidelines that are in writing will lead to
the enforcement of gender equality.
• If there are guidelines, then the
discrimination of a particular gender will
decrease in the area in which the
guideline is set.
10. How to Improve Equality
• The person who is in the situation of
being discriminated against needs to
make the head of that organization aware
whether it be teacher, boss, or supervisor.
• If the situation is made aware of, then the
problem can be taken care of.
• Speaking out is a great way to make your
problem known of.
11. Sources
BLS 2010. “Highlights of Women’s Earnings in 2009”, Washington, D.C.
[http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpswom2009.pdf]
"Where We Are: 2010 Election Update." Women in Politics Statistics. WCF
Foundation, 2010. Web. 12 Oct. 2013.
http://www.wcffoundation.org/pages/research/women-in-politicsstatistics.html
IWPR, "Pay Equity & Discrimination." — IWPR. Institute For Women's Policy
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